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Hospitality Industry: Mediation of Golf Industry Disputes Alert - January 31, 2012

Golf clubs and their developers, owners, builders, operators, managers and members are still taking their disputes to court to duke, or "club" it out. This trend continues even when there are readily available options to full-blown litigation, such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Construction: Alert - January 30, 2012

For almost 50 years, lessors have had the ability to limit their liability for liens that arose from improvements to the leasehold made by a lessee. However, in the most recent legislative session, the Florida Legislature enacted revisions to Florida Statute § 713.10 that provide a potential pitfall for lessors by inserting a provision that may allow a contractor to lien the lessor's interest even where there is a recorded document advising of the limitation of liens.

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Patient safety organizations: New protections for quality data

HCCA Compliance Today

July 1, 2008

Shannon Hartsfield Salimone- Tallahassee

On February 12, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued proposed regulations that implement the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act). Read together, the Patient Safety Act and the proposed regulations establish a framework for hospitals, doctors, and other health care providers to voluntarily report information related to patient safety and quality of care.

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